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BRAEDEN PLEIN

Ontario

Open to Work

I am a freelance, front-end web developer. I specialize in is creating simple, beautiful websites that create a novel user experience. Feel free to explore my portfolio website if you are interested in learning more: http://braedenplein.com/

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Job Title

Front-End Web Developer
Spoken Languages
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217 Achievements

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AngularJS MVC Frameworks

AngularJS

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Sep 19, 2015
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Introduction to Blogging

How to Build Your Business Through Blogging

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Sep 5, 2015
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Next Steps

How to Start a Business

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Sep 1, 2015
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Financing Our Company

How to Start a Business

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Aug 31, 2015
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Selling Your Product

How to Start a Business

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Aug 31, 2015
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Marketing Your Product

How to Start a Business

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Aug 29, 2015
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Product Market Fit

How to Start a Business

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Aug 28, 2015
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Discovery

How to Start a Business

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Aug 27, 2015
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Getting Work Done

How to Run a Web Design Business

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Aug 24, 2015
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A Lifestyle Choice

How to Run a Web Design Business

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Aug 23, 2015
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Growing Your Business

How to Run a Web Design Business

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Aug 22, 2015
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Client Services

How to Run a Web Design Business

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Aug 21, 2015
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Marketing and Promotion

How to Run a Web Design Business

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Aug 20, 2015
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Protecting and Sharing Your Work

Copyright Basics

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Aug 17, 2015
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Licensing

Copyright Basics

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Aug 13, 2015
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Fair Use and Public Domain

Copyright Basics

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Aug 12, 2015
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Custom Homepage Templates in WordPress

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 12, 2015
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Getting Started with Copyright

Copyright Basics

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Aug 11, 2015
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Adding a Blog to a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 11, 2015
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Sales and Pitching

How to Run a Web Design Business

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Aug 10, 2015
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Custom Post Type Templates

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 10, 2015
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Building Out WordPress Navigation

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 8, 2015
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Building Page Templates in WordPress

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 8, 2015
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The WordPress Loop

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 6, 2015
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WordPress Header and Footer Templates

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 6, 2015
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Working with CSS and JS in WordPress Themes

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 5, 2015
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Starting a WordPress Theme

WordPress Theme Development

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Aug 5, 2015
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More Advanced PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Aug 5, 2015
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PHP Basics for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Aug 4, 2015
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Introduction to PHP for WordPress

PHP for WordPress

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Aug 4, 2015
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Local WordPress Development

Local WordPress Development

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Aug 3, 2015
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WordPress Plugin Best Practices

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Aug 3, 2015
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Widgets and Custom Menus

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Aug 3, 2015
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Custom Post Types and Fields

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Aug 2, 2015
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Customizing WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Aug 2, 2015
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WordPress Themes

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Aug 2, 2015
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Installing Wordpress

How to Make a Website with WordPress

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Aug 2, 2015
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Finding Good WordPress Plugins and Themes

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

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Aug 1, 2015
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Managing Comments on a WordPress Blog

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

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Aug 1, 2015
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WordPress Admin Settings

WordPress Admin Settings

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Aug 1, 2015
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Working with Media in WordPress Blogs

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

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Jul 30, 2015
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Posts and Pages in WordPress

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

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Jul 30, 2015
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Blogging with WordPress Overview

How to Build a WordPress Blog Without Coding

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Jul 30, 2015
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WordPress User Roles

WordPress User Roles

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Jul 30, 2015
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The WordPress Codex

The WordPress Codex

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Jul 29, 2015
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Owning a WordPress Site Long Term

WordPress for Website Owners

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Jul 29, 2015
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WordPress Community Management

WordPress for Website Owners

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Jul 29, 2015
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Working with Media in WordPress

WordPress for Website Owners

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Jul 29, 2015
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Adding and Editing Content

WordPress for Website Owners

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Jul 29, 2015
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Getting a WordPress Site

WordPress for Website Owners

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Jul 29, 2015
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Getting Started with WordPress

Getting Started with WordPress

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Jul 28, 2015
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Improving your Gulp Workflow

Gulp Basics

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Jul 26, 2015
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Compile Sass with Gulp

Gulp Basics

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Jul 25, 2015
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Gulp your JavaScript workflow!

Gulp Basics

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Jul 25, 2015
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Welcome to Gulp.js

Gulp Basics

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Jul 24, 2015
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Video Marketing

How to Market Your Business

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Jul 23, 2015
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Email Marketing

How to Market Your Business

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Jul 22, 2015
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Search Engine Optimization

How to Market Your Business

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Jul 22, 2015
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Usability Testing

How to Market Your Business

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Jul 21, 2015
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Usability Basics

How to Market Your Business

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Jul 21, 2015
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Social Media

How to Market Your Business

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Jul 20, 2015
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Creating a Long Term Business

How to Freelance

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Jul 1, 2015
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Protecting Yourself With Contracts

How to Freelance

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Jun 30, 2015
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Establishing a Proper Workflow

How to Freelance

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Jun 30, 2015
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Pricing and Project Proposals

How to Freelance

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Jun 29, 2015
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Finding Your First Project

How to Freelance

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Jun 28, 2015
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Starting a Freelance Career

How to Freelance

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Jun 28, 2015
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What's New in Foundation 5

Framework Basics

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Jun 28, 2015
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Build a Website With Foundation

Framework Basics

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Jun 28, 2015
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Prototyping With Foundation

Framework Basics

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Jun 27, 2015
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Build a Website With Bootstrap

Framework Basics

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Jun 27, 2015
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Prototyping With Bootstrap

Framework Basics

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Jun 24, 2015
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Introduction to Front-End Frameworks

Framework Basics

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Jun 24, 2015
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Advanced Sass Concepts

Sass Basics (retired)

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Jun 23, 2015
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Speeding up Workflow With Sass

Sass Basics (retired)

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Jun 22, 2015
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Variables, Mixins, and Extending Selectors

Sass Basics (retired)

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Jun 22, 2015
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Getting Started with Sass

Sass Basics (retired)

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Jun 22, 2015
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Better SEO Through Tools

SEO Basics

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Jun 21, 2015
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Better SEO Through Code

SEO Basics

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Jun 20, 2015
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Better SEO Through Content

SEO Basics

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Jun 20, 2015
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Introduction to SEO

SEO Basics

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Jun 20, 2015
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Moving Forward with UX

UX Basics

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Tools UXers Use

UX Basics

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How UXers Think

UX Basics

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What Do User Experience Designers Do?

UX Basics

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Jun 19, 2015
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What is User Experience (UX)?

UX Basics

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Jun 19, 2015
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Finalizing the Project

Brand Identity Basics

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Jun 19, 2015
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Case Studies and Examples

Brand Identity Basics

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Jun 18, 2015
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The Brand Identity Design Process

Brand Identity Basics

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Jun 18, 2015
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Introduction to Brand Identity

Brand Identity Basics

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Jun 18, 2015
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The Logo Sprint

Logo Design Basics

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Jun 18, 2015
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Logo Design 101

Logo Design Basics

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Jun 18, 2015
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Design Foundations Final

Design Foundations

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Jun 17, 2015
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Becoming a Problem Solver

Design Foundations

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Jun 17, 2015
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Understanding Aesthetics

Design Foundations

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Jun 17, 2015
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Introduction to Design

Design Foundations

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Jun 17, 2015
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Grid Layout

CSS Layout Techniques

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Jun 16, 2015
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Flexbox Layout

CSS Layout Techniques

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Jun 16, 2015
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Positioning Schemes

CSS Layout Techniques

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Jun 16, 2015
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Float Layout

CSS Layout Techniques

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Jun 16, 2015
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Display Modes

CSS Layout Techniques

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Jun 16, 2015
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Advanced Selectors

CSS Selectors

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Jun 4, 2015
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Going Further with Attribute Selectors and Pseudo-Classes

CSS Selectors

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Jun 4, 2015
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Selectors - Beyond the Basics

CSS Selectors

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Jun 4, 2015
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Workflows

Git Basics

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Jun 3, 2015
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Working With Remote Repositories

Git Basics

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Jun 3, 2015
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Merging

Git Basics

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Jun 3, 2015
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Branches

Git Basics

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Jun 2, 2015
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Getting Started With Git

Git Basics

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Jun 2, 2015
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Why Version Control Matters

Git Basics

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Jun 2, 2015
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Combine and Minify Assets

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Jun 2, 2015
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Optimize Assets

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Jun 1, 2015
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Measuring Performance

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Jun 1, 2015
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Planning for Performance

Introduction to Front End Performance Optimization

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Jun 1, 2015
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Chrome DevTools Basics

Website Optimization

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Jun 1, 2015
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Web Apps

Accessibility

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May 30, 2015
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Websites

Accessibility

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May 30, 2015
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Introduction

Accessibility

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May 30, 2015
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AJAX and APIs

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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May 29, 2015
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jQuery and AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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May 29, 2015
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Programming AJAX

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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May 29, 2015
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AJAX Concepts

AJAX Basics (retiring)

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May 29, 2015
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Responsive Patterns

Responsive Layouts

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May 27, 2015
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Media Queries

Responsive Layouts

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May 27, 2015
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Responsive Theory

Responsive Layouts

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May 27, 2015
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Custom Media Players

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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May 27, 2015
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Captioning Video

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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May 27, 2015
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Media Basics

HTML Video and Audio (Retired)

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May 27, 2015
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Traversing and Manipulating the DOM with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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May 26, 2015
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Selecting Elements and Adding Events with JavaScript

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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May 25, 2015
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JavaScript and the DOM

Interactive Web Pages with JavaScript

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May 25, 2015
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Structuring Tables

HTML Tables

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May 25, 2015
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Table Basics

HTML Tables

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May 25, 2015
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JavaScript Objects

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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May 23, 2015
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JavaScript Arrays

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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May 22, 2015
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JavaScript Loops

JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects

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May 22, 2015
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Creating a Simple Drawing Application

jQuery Basics (2014)

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May 20, 2015
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Creating a Password Confirmation Form

jQuery Basics (2014)

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May 19, 2015
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Creating a Mobile Drop Down Menu

jQuery Basics (2014)

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May 18, 2015
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PHP Inheritance & Interfaces

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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May 18, 2015
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PHP Properties & Methods

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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May 18, 2015
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PHP Objects and Classes

Object-Oriented PHP Basics (Retired)

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May 18, 2015
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Installing Programs

Console Foundations

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May 18, 2015
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Environment and Redirection

Console Foundations

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May 18, 2015
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Console Processes

Console Foundations

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May 18, 2015
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Console Users and Permission

Console Foundations

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May 18, 2015
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Moving Around in the Console

Console Foundations

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May 15, 2015
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Creating a Simple Lightbox

jQuery Basics (2014)

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May 14, 2015
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Creating a Spoiler Revealer

jQuery Basics (2014)

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May 14, 2015
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Introduction to jQuery

jQuery Basics (2014)

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May 14, 2015
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Database Security

PHP & Databases with PDO

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May 13, 2015
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Queries & Results

PHP & Databases with PDO

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May 13, 2015
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Getting Started with PDO

PHP & Databases with PDO

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May 13, 2015
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Securing and Maintaining a MySQL Database

Database Foundations

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May 13, 2015
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SQL Calculating, Aggregating and Other Functions

Database Foundations

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May 12, 2015
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Joining Relational Data Between Tables in SQL

Database Foundations

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May 12, 2015
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Manipulating Schema with SQL

Database Foundations

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May 12, 2015
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Creating Tables and Manipulating Data with SQL

Database Foundations

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May 12, 2015
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Reading Data from Databases with SQL

Database Foundations

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May 11, 2015
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Installing MySQL Server and MySQL Workbench

Database Foundations

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May 11, 2015
Achievement
Introduction to Data, Databases and SQL

Database Foundations

Achieved
May 11, 2015
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Paginating a List: Model and View

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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May 8, 2015
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Paginating a List: Controller

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
May 7, 2015
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Adding Search: Model

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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May 6, 2015
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Adding Search: Controller & View

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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May 6, 2015
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Refactoring the Codebase

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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May 5, 2015
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Cleaning URLs with Rewrite Rules

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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May 5, 2015
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Cleaning URLs with Subfolders

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

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May 4, 2015
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Integrating Validation Errors

Enhancing a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
May 4, 2015
Achievement
Simple PHP Application: Wrapping Up The Project

Build a Simple PHP Application

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May 1, 2015
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Working with PHP Functions

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Apr 30, 2015
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Integrating With Paypal

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Apr 29, 2015
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Listing Inventory Items

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Apr 27, 2015
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Adding a Contact Form

Build a Simple PHP Application

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Apr 27, 2015
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Creating the Menu and Footer

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Apr 27, 2015
Achievement
Getting Started with PHP

Build a Simple PHP Application

Achieved
Apr 27, 2015
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PHP Internal Functions

PHP Functions

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Apr 27, 2015
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PHP Returns & Closures

PHP Functions

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Apr 25, 2015
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PHP Functions Basics

PHP Functions

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Apr 25, 2015
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PHP Loops

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Apr 25, 2015
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PHP Conditionals

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Apr 24, 2015
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PHP Datatypes

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Apr 24, 2015
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PHP Data & Structure

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Apr 23, 2015
Achievement
PHP Getting Started

PHP Basics (Retired)

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Apr 22, 2015
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Forms

HTML

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Apr 22, 2015
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Tables

HTML

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Apr 22, 2015
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Objects

HTML

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Apr 22, 2015
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Lists

HTML

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Apr 21, 2015
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Links

HTML

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Apr 21, 2015
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Text

HTML

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Apr 21, 2015
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Introduction

HTML

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Apr 20, 2015
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Choosing Options

HTML Forms

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Apr 18, 2015
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Organizing Forms

HTML Forms

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Apr 18, 2015
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Form Basics

HTML Forms

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Apr 18, 2015
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JavaScript Functions

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Apr 17, 2015
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JavaScript Conditional Statements

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Apr 17, 2015
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JavaScript Numbers

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Apr 15, 2015
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JavaScript Variables

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Apr 14, 2015
Achievement
Introducing JavaScript

JavaScript Basics (Retired)

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Apr 13, 2015
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Fundamental Concepts

CSS Basics (2014)

Achieved
Apr 10, 2015
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Designing with the Latest Features

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 10, 2015
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Basic Layout

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 10, 2015
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The Box Model

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 10, 2015
Achievement
Understanding Values and Units

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 10, 2015
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Basic Selectors

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 8, 2015
Achievement
Getting Started with CSS

CSS Basics (2014)

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Apr 7, 2015
Achievement
Debugging HTML and CSS Problems

How to Make a Website

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Apr 2, 2015
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Sharing a Website

How to Make a Website

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Apr 1, 2015
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Responsive Web Design and Testing

How to Make a Website

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Mar 31, 2015
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Adding Pages to a Website

How to Make a Website

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Mar 30, 2015
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Styling Web Pages and Navigation

How to Make a Website

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Mar 30, 2015
Achievement
Customizing Colors and Fonts

How to Make a Website

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Mar 28, 2015
Achievement
CSS: Cascading Style Sheets

How to Make a Website

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Mar 28, 2015
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Creating HTML Content

How to Make a Website

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Mar 27, 2015
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HTML First

How to Make a Website

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Mar 27, 2015
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Beginning HTML and CSS

How to Make a Website

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Mar 27, 2015
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Newbie

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Mar 27, 2015